Clip for holding papers together



F July 21, 1931. w. H. HEARD CLIP FOR HOLDING PAPERS TOGETHER FiledMarch 18, 1930 INVENTOR William H. H ecLvcL,

. I L I ATTORNEY Patented July 2 1,1931

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.VPATENVT OFFICE WILLIAM HENRY HEARnQor' nrnnronn ENGLAND CLIP nonHOLDINGPAPERS TOGETHER Application filed March 18, 1930, Serial No.436,840, and in Great Britain April 3, 1929.

- This invention relates to clips for holding papers together and isparticularly intended Y :for temporarily binding together the pages of'newspaper or'other papers'at the fold either at the top or bottom orboth so that allthe'pages of a newspaperor other pa pers are heldtogetherat the foldand at the same time allowof same being opened forreading-in the ordinary manner,without the 10 pages falling apart, orbeing blown apart by wind when openedout' of doors.

'Accordin'g toniy invention construct the clip fromr'any suitablematerial preferably spring metal andfrom' one'stripof ma- "angular incross section. The angularity'of the cross section of one of the legsis'sharper.

than that of the other leg, and said legs are so positioned that one legwill be withinthe' otherwith the vflat portions of one; leg eachoverlying the corresponding portion of the a other leg and contactingwith the latter at a *single point. The inner leg is preferably longerthan the outer, leg and the connection portions of the two legsarepreferably curled, the shaping of the legs being formed 7 before orafter bending. I U

My invention will be. clearly understood annexed drawings in which i IFigure 1' is a side elevation, Figure: 2 a

placed sideways.

terial bent to form two legs, eachleg being,

from the following description aided by the two legs A, B will grip thesheets between them at two points on opposite sides of the fold. Thefreeend of the leg B is slightly turned away from the leg A as at B tofacilitate the insertionof the sheets of paper into us" the clip andavoid tearing of the paper.

By the cross sectional shape of the legs,a perfect grip onthe combinedsheets is ob tained without fear of the clip being dis- What I do claimas my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is V A clip of thecharacter described, comprisinga strip of resilient material folded uponitself between itsiends into a pair of leg poru tions, each'of said legportions being bent into V-shape on a line extending longitudinallythereof with the parts of one leg portion on opposite sides of said lineclosely overlying the corresponding parts of the '70 other leg portionto grip a plurality of sheets i I of folded material therebetween, theV-shape I bend of one of said leg portions being sharper than theV-shape bendof the other leg portion to thecxtent that a two-pointcontact wih'said material on opposite sides of its fold line isaccomplished. y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand I I plan and Figure 3 asection "on the line III, 4 III of Figure 1 of a clip constructed ,ac-

Y cording to thisinvention' from a folded strip ofspring metal or thelike, comprising two;

legs A, B; each of angularcross section, connected by a curled portion,0 which maybe flat; the leg A laying Within the leg B', and

" the angularity of the bendin the leg Abeleg A being thelonger.

Figure 4 is a perspective ing two clips in position on folded sheets ofpaper. I

free end of the leg A first inserted within ing sharper-than that oflthebend in leg B, the

In applying the clip to a Vnewspaper the,

elevation show- I the folded sheets with. its longitudinal bend Ioverlying the'foldpo'rtion and, when the clip is'moved longitudinally ofsaid fold, theleg Blwill pass beneath therear sheet; and the i 7WILLIAM'HENRY HEARD. so j

